In this issue, we bring you a selection of new, completely free IPC-IG publications, ranging from studies on the relationship between poverty reduction and energy consumption, to youth-led entrepreneurship development in Sierra Leone.

We also bring you news and updates regarding the IPC-IG's policy dialogue activities, including participation in events.

In the One Pager “Gender-sensitive social protection in the Caribbean”, Raquel Tebaldi and Charlotte Bilo (IPC-IG) summarise the main points of the discussion held during the eponymous webinar, organized last December by FAO and the IPC-IG, and hosted by socialprotection.org. The webinar addressed the role of conditional cash transfers and other social protection programmes in tackling some of the needs of rural women, among other topics. This was the fifth webinar in the gender-sensitive social protection series. This publication is available in English and Portuguese.

The event gathered an audience of public policy managers and operators of South-South Cooperation projects in Brazil and Mozambique, as well as international institutions. It was organised under the scope of the project "Brazil & Africa: Fighting Poverty and Empowering Women via South-South Cooperation", financed by DFID. The Centre is responsible for the implementation of Outcomes 1 and 2 of the project. IPC-IG's Senior Research Coordinator, Diana Sawyer, delivered a presentation that introduced the main topics and achievements of the project. Her presentation was part of the panel titled "Brief introduction to South-South Cooperation projects: Brazil and Africa and National partnerships".

During a thematic round table on food and nutrition security (FNS), social protection and monitoring and evaluation, the IPC-IG team had an opportunity to share its knowledge. Senior Project Management Officer, Lívia Nogueira, delivered a presentation on the lessons learned and best practices regarding the production and sharing of knowledge among Brazil and African countries on FNS.

Raquel Tebaldi, IPC-IG Research Associate, and Rosana Miranda, IPC-IG consultant, shared lessons learned and best practices regarding social protection and South-South learning, and on FNS, respectively.

The objective of the meeting was to consolidate information and lessons learned that will enable the WHO to finalize a vaccination coverage reference manual, with the goal of improving the precision, accuracy and overall quality of immunisation worldwide.

If you want to receive first-hand information about the webinars hosted by the platform, as well as interesting information on social protection, the team invites you to subscribe to receive socialprotection.org's monthly newsletter. The IPC-IG hosts the socialprotection.org online platform.

Internship programme

The IPC-IG is accepting applications from outstanding students for its 2017 Internship Programme. We are looking for graduate-level students who are passionate about international development and who believe that inclusive growth, the dissemination of knowledge and social development have the power to transform societies. Requirements and information on how to apply are available here. If you know someone who would be interested in joining the programme, help us spread the word.